Senior Backend Software Engineer

Requirements:

• Significant backend engineering experience, with meaningful production experience in Rust (typically 3+ years).
• Strong fundamentals in systems engineering: concurrency, memory/performance trade-offs, distributed systems concepts, and API design.
• Demonstrated ability to design and evolve architectures that are resilient and maintainable over time.
• Ability to communicate clearly about trade-offs and propose pragmatic solutions.
• Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams (or a strong preference for that style of collaboration).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice to Have

• Experience with data-intensive systems (databases, streaming pipelines, search, caching layers, or storage engines).
• Experience with APIs and developer platforms (public-facing or internal platform tooling).
• Familiarity with performance profiling and optimization in Rust.
• Exposure to building "product-led" platform features: turning ambiguous product needs into shippable technical plans.

What We Offer

• High-impact work on a widely used, developer-focused product used by teams running in production (self-hosted and cloud SaaS hosted).
• A remote-first environment with flexible working hours.
• A small, high-ownership team where you can influence architecture and direction.
• Competitive compensation and equity participation.

Application Process

Our interview loop is collaborative and focused on real senior engineering skills (not "LeetCode-only" interviewing). The process typically includes:

• [30 min] Intro + role/team context + initial fit/values conversation
• [60 min] Rust technical interview (architecture + practical coding)
• [60 min] Product-led engineering / technical thinking session
• [~30 min] Final conversation to cover open questions and ensure mutual fit

Company Overview

Monospace Inc is a venture-backed Data Platform with a passionate community and millions of users worldwide. Modern and completely modular, our core product is comprised of a connection toolkit for developers, and an intuitive no-code App for non-technical users. With the ability to be installed next to any new or existing SQL database, Monospace instantly provides end-to-end data democratization.

Monospace provides the data foundation for internal data tools and omnichannel digital experiences at some of the world's most forward-looking companies, including AT&T, Bose, HTC, Prada, TripAdvisor, and the United States Navy.

We're obsessed with meticulously honing the perfect data platform. Our product-led growth strategy keeps us focused on creating a premium offering, prioritizing innovative solutions over feature bloat, and code quality over technical debt.

Our team and ecosystem are growing at a rapid pace, but we still enjoy the benefits of being a smaller, more "tactical" team. Our organization is filled with do-ers where most wear a few hats, and work with relative autonomy.